February 02, 2010

If you've been following the Amazon vs. McMillan debacle, you know that all McMillan authors are biting their nails--and losing sales--while Amazon drags its feet to put back all the McMillan titles it stripped from their virtual shelves last Friday.

Doubly troubling, Doranna's new book (OUT TODAY!) is one of those titles. (From Tor.)

Please support not only Doranna, but all the McMillan authors, and buy their books. You can get THE RECKONERS from Barnes and Noble, or via IndieBound, and lots of other online retailers. The important thing, though, is to BUY THAT BOOK!

Leann Sweeney is the newest chick on the Cozy Chicks Blog. Catch her posts on Sundays (hey, that's today--go right on over and see what she's up to--do it now!). And don't miss her second book in the Cats In Trouble Mystery Series, The Cat, The Professor, and the Poison, which is available for preorder and will be available on May 4th.

November 08, 2009

Please join us here on Writers Plot next Saturday, November 14, when Laura Childs will be our guest. Laura is the author of the Scrapbooking Mysteries, Tea Shop Mysteries, and Cackleberry Club Mysteries. She'll be talking about how she became a mystery author. Her latest book is Tragic Magic (#7 in the Scrapbooking Mystery series).

November 01, 2009

What do you get with murder, good eating (with recipes), and a phantom pumpkin smasher? Get ready to chow down on one honey of a BOOKPLATE SPECIAL! While it's already been sighted in a number of bookstores across the country, the official release date is Tuesday, November 3rd.

In BOOKPLATE SPECIAL, Tricia has put up—and put up with—her uninvited college roommate for weeks. In return, Pammy, has stolen $100, among other things. But the day she’s kicked out, Pammy’s found dead in a dumpster, leaving loads of questions unanswered. Like what was she foraging for? Did her killer want it too? To piece the case together, Tricia will have to dive in head-first.…

I'll be signing in a bunch of places in the Rochester, NY area in November and December. For a list, click here!

For my kick-off, I'll be signing books at Barnes and Noble in Greece Ridge Center on Saturday, November 7th, 2-4 p.m. Since the book features a food pantry, I'm encouraging my readers to bring a non-perishable food item for the Greece Ecumenical Food Pantry. Those who do will receive a free (unpublished, limited edition) short story written by me! (Those who don't bring anything, but still want the story can make a donation.)

Can't make it to Rochester (and let's face it--we are kind of off the beaten track)? I'd love to send you a bookplate for your copy of BOOKPLATE SPECIAL. Just send an email with your name and address to contest @ LornaBarrett.com (to avoid spam, I put spaces in that email address--just take them out, and it'll go through fine).

October 11, 2009

Please join us next Saturday, October 17th, when Jeff Markowitz visits. Jeff is the author of the Cassie O’Malley Mysteries, an amateur sleuth
series set deep in the New Jersey Pine Barrens. When asked about his new book,
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Murder, Jeff explained, “If you’ve ever been
to a shopping mall during the Christmas season, you understand the urge to
kill.” Jeff is a proud member of Sisters in Crime and the Mystery Writers of
America, and will interview his amateur sleuth, Cassie
O’Malley.

October 04, 2009

Please join us on Saturday, October 10, when Elizabeth Zelvin joins us. She'll talk about her new mystery, DEATH WILL HELP YOU LEAVE HIM, second in the series featuring recovering alcoholic Bruce Kohler. The New York City psychotherapist discusses how she weaves her professional experience into a mystery plot without breaking the First Commandment for mystery authors who deal with social issues: Thou shalt not be preachy. Check out Liz's author website at www.elizabethzelvin.com.

September 27, 2009

Please join us here at Writers Plot on Saturday, October 3, when Rachel Brady is our guest. Rachel’s debut suspense novel, Final Approach, was released in August. Rachel enjoys a career in biomedical engineering at NASA, in addition to the time she spends writing mystery and suspense fiction. She lives near Houston, Texas, with her husband and their three children. Visit her on-line at www.rachelbrady.net or read about her experiences as a new author at her blog, Write It Anyway.

September 20, 2009

Please join us on Saturday, September 26th, when Jeri Westerson will be our guest. Jeri created a new mystery genre, Medieval Noir, and she's celebrating the publication of her second book in the Crispin Guest mystery series, SERPENT IN THE THORNS, by talking about food in the middle ages.